5 out of 5 stars and 47 reviews Best of Weddings (1x).
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(47)Serving the Midwest and All Destinations!
About this vendor
Your wedding day is all about you two. Don't worry about the photos - our two-photographer team has you covered. Just focus on the important stuff - like getting married and enjoying your day. When all is said and done, you will have have stunning images to last a lifetime.
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Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Printed Proofs
- Same-Day Edits
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Lifestyle
- Modern
- Vintage
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
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Beautiful photos! Amy was fabulous.
Carissa was wonderful and fun to work with! I'm not one for liking pictures of myself and I definitely liked a lot more engagement and wedding photos of my wedding than I was expec...
ting. Great at communication and just making sure I felt comfortable in front of the camera. Would definitely recommend!
CTW was awesome! They are professional, patient, fun, and very easy to work with! I definitely would recommend them to anyone needing a photographer for their wedding!
So easy to work with! We were so comfortable with the photographers! Thank you for making the photography side of our wedding easy!!
Amazing, amazing, amazing! Can’t begin to describe how happy we were with these photographers. They were very professional, organized and easy to work with. We had Tanya for our en...
gagement and wedding photos. She was the best!! Before the wedding she helped us put a time-line together, made sure we were on the same page for any and all photos we wanted taken throughout the day, was a great resource for bouncing ideas off of and was just all around incredibly supportive. Our wedding was an outdoor ceremony and it ended up being around 100 degrees that day. She and the second photographer made everyone incredibly comfortable and were so efficient in getting everyone lined up and photos taken. I can’t believe how many compliments we got for them on the day. Family and friends all agreed they were the best photographer they’d ever worked with. Best part, our pictures turned out amazing and we had hundreds of proofs to choose from just a few weeks after the wedding. They are a little more expensive than other photographers, but they are totally worth it. I can’t recommend them enough!
Carissa and Tanya were wonderful! They not only took wonderful pictures, but they also were so helpful with planning an overall "timeline" for the day. They were truly pros and mad...
e me feel at ease because they totally had everything under control. They were super speedy with the editing process as well. It only took them a couple weeks to get our photos to us!
We first reached out to CTW two years before our wedding when we were looking for a photographer that would serve both Iowa City and travel to the Chicago area for our wedding. Aft...
er meeting Carissa and Tanya, we knew we had no need to look any further! We really cannot say enough good things about CTW and will always recommend them to anyone getting married. Tanya took amazing engagement photos for us and was so much fun to work with. She was even willing to drive 20+ minutes to find a new place for our photos as the original park didn't have the "fall colors" we were looking for. A few weeks ago, Tanya yet again showed us her amazing skills at our wedding, and Amy was an awesome second photographer to work with too. This company really gives you everything you want and so much more- professionalism, endless help and support, and friendly and genuine people. Our photos mean so much to us, and we can't thank CTW enough for their work at capturing our unforgettable day!!! Hands down the company you want for your special moments.
Tanya and Carissa were amazing to work with!! Our pictures were amazing and captured so many great moments for us...and they worked seamlessly with our wedding planner to keep ever...
ything flowing smoothly! You cannot go wrong with CTW!!
We were so happy to have worked with CTW! We honestly felt like we became genuine friends with both Tanya and Carissa throughout the entire planning process. From our meetings ov...
er coffee, our engagement photo shoot, and the consistent communication via phone and email, we were confident that our wedding day would be captured with professionalism and lots of fun! We feel that we couldn't have made a better choice, the relationship we had with CTW laid the foundation for many other things to fall in place, which was of definite value when planning our wedding. On the day of the wedding, both Tanya and Carissa worked flawlessly together and also with our videographer. They kept us organized and on our timeline for the entire day. And the photos and album they created for us were beyond what we could have imagined. We couldn't have ask for any better!
We could not have asked for a better experience! Carissa and Tanya are the best! Our photos turned out so well and we love reliving the day over and over when we look at them!
Tanya and Carissa are THE best! We used them for our engagement and wedding and all the pictures were perfection! They were helpful coming up with a timeline for our wedding day, w...
ere extremely professional, and make you feel so comfortable! They take your vision and bring it to LIFE! They are also LGBTQ+ friendly! We couldn't imagine having anyone else for our big day! ❤️
Carissa and Tanya were the best! We were having last minute issues with our church being done and trying to find a venue for our ceremony. Tanya was super flexible in putting toge...
ther our itinerary. The sneak peaks we have seen so far are absolutely amazing! Our engagement photos were also amazing! These guys are the best!
I can’t say enough about how wonderful CTW Photography is! Our engagement and wedding pictures turned out absolutely amazing! We had a wonderful wedding day and they so beautifully...
captured the details and moments of our wedding that we will cherish forever. Tanya and Carissa were wonderful to work with. They both are so sweet, thoughtful, and always had a smile on their face. And they went above and beyond to make our day special. When we got our wedding pictures back we were stunned by how great they are! So impressed with the quality of the photos and the time and effort they put in to putting our package together. We would highly recommend CTW Photography for any occasion!!
Carissa and Tanya were fantastic! We knew that we would work well with them from our first meeting. My husband and I are not a photo loving couple so we weren't too excited about...
engagement pictures. But they both made us feel so comfortable and to be honest, it was such a wonderful experience and made us that much more excited that this power duo was photographing our wedding! And our wedding pictures are perfection! We love looking back at them and cherish all the wonderful memories they captured so wonderfully!
I cannot say enough good things about Tanya, Carissa and the entire CTW Photography team! They helped plan and capture every detail of our wedding. They went above and beyond just...
capturing pictures on our day. They were also instrumental in helping us plan our timeline, organizing family photos and making our day run smoothly. I would highly recommend this amazing company for anyone interested in quality, professional and personalized photography for their big day!
I couldn’t have imagined a better experience with a photographer for our engagement pictures and wedding!! Carissa and Tanya went above and beyond to make sure my big day was every...
thing I dreamed of and more. They captured the emotion of my wedding perfectly — from my happy tears at the first look, to my husbands smile as I walked down the isle and the dancing at the reception. I could not be more pleased with my pictures. I recommend to everyone I talk to.
Amazing! Carissa was absolutely wonderful to work with. She did an amazing job making our wedding pictures fun and quick! I can’t stop looking our photos! She is very creative. I w...
ould highly recommend CTW photography.
CTW did an amazing job. We are not people who love pictures of ourselves, and CTW not only made us comfortable every step of the way, but also left us with some amazing pictures of...
our big day. Would book them again in a second!
Tanya and Carissa are the wedding photography dream team! They are so fun to work with, listen to their clients and *hear* them, take amazing photos, have quick turnaround time, an...
d can get kids to smile in a way that I never could. They were a blast on our wedding day and Tanya just reunited with us a year later to do an anniversary shoot! We'll definitely be hiring them in the future and recommending them to all our friends and family in the IC area and beyond. Thanks CTW for making our day(s) memorable!
CTW was a great choice for our wedding photographer! I did a lot of research before choosing one because this was one of the most important vendors to me. Their photos were bright ...
and natural looking, which was exactly what I was looking for. Tanya and Carissa were both easy to work with, especially with communication over email. They were prompt and helpful with any question. Our pictures were given to us in a very timely manner and we loved how they turned out! They are extremely organized, which made the day of our wedding go very smoothly. The preparation sheet they had me fill out prior to our wedding aided in this organization. They made sure to take any special photos we requested and truly gave us great memories of our wedding day! I would definitely recommend CTW for a photographer, especially for a wedding!
We could not have chosen better photographers for our engagement and wedding pictures. CTW did an absolutely amazing job in capturing our engagement pictures as well as all of the...
details during our wedding day. We have purchased prints and an heirloom album from CTW and are very happy with the quality and design of the pictures and album. Anyone who is looking for fun, upbeat, and not pushy photographers CTW is perfect! I would recommend them again and again and look forward to using them again for any future pictures that we need!
Carissa and Tanya make a great team. They did a fantastic job not only with the photography but also with helping us plan our timeline for the day. We loved working with them!
My husband and I got married in August this year and we LOVED having CTW capture our day for us. They listened to our "must haves" and truly delivered beautiful shots! We also lean...
ed on their creative lead, since we weren't quite sure how we wanted things to be captured...and they did not let us down! Of course our formal shots were beautiful, but the candid shots that they took were just as breathtaking. They made everything from planning the engagement session, to planning for the big event, go off without a hitch. They were super flexible and cool when things needed to be changed with the shot list or schedule (they are totally realistic in knowing that not everything will go the way we had planned it). Our wedding prints were done in about a month which was awesome because we have heard of other couples waiting almost 3 months! Carissa and Tanya were very easy to work with and made it fun and took much of the stress away from my husband and I. :-)
CTW took the most beautiful photos of our wedding! I really cannot say enough about how wonderful the pictures turned out, how easy it was to work with Carissa and Tanya and how he...
lpful they were. The posed portraits were wonderful, but the candids are my favorites.
My husband and I recently got married this October and we could not have been happier with our decision to have CTW be our photographers. Tanya and Joni took our pictures and they ...
did an amazing job!! They were very professional and took the time to make sure everything was in place before the big day. This made the day run smooth and we were able to make sure that we got all of the pictures we wanted. All of our family and bridal party felt very comfortable with them and commented on how nice and helpful they were! CTW does a great job, I would recommend them to anyone who is looking for a wedding photographer!!!
Carissa and Tanya are amazing! My husband and I were able to set up a meeting with them ahead of time to go over timelines for the day, as well as specific photos we wanted or did...
n't want. They truly listened, and delivered to all of our wants.
Since we had never been through this process before, Carissa and Tanya were also great help in figuring out a timeline for the day, especially the reception. The day of they helped us to follow that timeline to a Tee.
Carissa and Tanya are more than just great photographers though. They are wonderful people and so easy to talk to! Carissa has been doing our family photos for quite some time now and I have built a great relationship with her outside of our sessions!
I truly recommend CTW!!!!
Amazing photographers! They were so easy and fun to work with both for our engagement session and on our wedding day. The day we got married was pretty hot, Tanya and Carissa worke...
d fast without sacrificing quality. They were also totally open about us adding a few shots that we did not previously discuss. They perfectly captured our day and these are pictures I will be excited to look at for many many years!
Tanya and Carissa at CTW made our wedding day so enjoyable! From all the questions they were able to help with during wedding prep to making sure we were where we needed to be the ...
day of- they were fabulous! It was enjoyable to spend time with the two of them the day of the wedding and have a good time, taking a step back from the stresses. CTW had a preview of a photo for us the same night, posted a second picture a couple days later, had a large preview for us in a couple weeks, and then sent us all our prints just about a month later! To me that is fantastic turn around time for very high quality photos. We are lifelong clients of CTW now- any photography we need, we will go to them.
I cannot begin to explain how happy my husband and I are to have found CTW Photography for our wedding! Carissa and Tanya are amazing people and they put so much heart into their ...
pictures! We loved how personable they were and how willing they were to help you with anything you needed. Seeing how well these two work together, it is like they have worked together for 20 years. The pictures they took for our engagement and wedding pictures are some that we will cherish forever. They are able to get those pictures that some photographers tend to look over.
You can tell that they love the job they have because their pictures are timeless and they are absolutely amazing! I can tell you that we look forward to working with them in the future when we start a family. We cannot wait to work with them again!
The special day starts long before the wedding. The photographer captured the little moments, like the flower-girl coloring a picture for the bride and groom, the moms getting rea...
dy with the bride, and the bride and groom having a moment alone. They captured great pictures of the wedding party and familes. The beauty of the ceremony and the emotional moments were all recorded. The photographer remained calm when the flower-girl could not even be bribed to join the pictures but after the wedding announced she was ready to have her picture taken. The fun at the reception made for many great pictures, including the important first dance.
CTW did an outstanding job as our photographers! The pictures turned out amazing and we would highly recommend them for your wedding! We live out of state and they were very acco...
mmodating to us and our schedules.
Thank you for capturing the day!
We were so happy to have Carissa and Tanya photograph our wedding! They are easy to work with,very organized and efficient, and so much fun! We were so thrilled with how the pictur...
es turned out. The quality of the photos were amazing! They captured so many special moments and were so helpful throughout the entire wedding day! We highly recommend CTW!!!
I had the pleasure of working with Carissa and Tanya for my wedding. They did a phenomenal job, my pictures look better than any of my friends who just got married. The captured my...
day, my memories, and moments I didn't even see! I would recommend them to everyone and the value is better than anyone else in town.
We had a package with CTW that included an engagement session, 8 hours of coverage at our wedding and a photo booth.
We are super happy with the engagment/wedding photos. They d...
o a great job making everything personal to us.
Our photos look like us and are not over-edited, yet we look great ;- )
The photo booth was great and a hit at our wedding! They did not provide prints but they gave us rights to the photobooth pics as well as the rights to the pictures from our engagement session and wedding.
I'll be the first to admit that when my wife was running different photographers by me for my input before our wedding, I often couldn't distinguish any difference from one to the ...
next. Then she fell in love with CTW Photography, and I immediately saw why: they captured what being a couple is actually like. Nothing looked cheesy, forced, or stuffy. Every one of their pictures looked candid and awesome.
I'll also be the first to admit that the idea of having a ton of pictures taken of me on the most nerve-racking day of my life gave me some initial anxiety. However, after meeting with Carissa and Tanya, I felt so much more at ease with the process. They were direct, incredibly friendly, and walked a clueless groom through every step of the process. They were incredibly professional, but also incredibly approachable and easy to talk to, and I knew by the end of our initial meeting that we would be in great hands on the wedding day.
Carissa and Tanya's incredible abilities are readily apparent by looking at any wedding they've done before, but their best talent is their ability to take such amazing photos without ever feeling intrusive. I was amazed at how many fantastic moments they captured without me ever even knowing they were taking a picture! This resulted in real photos that captured the day perfectly.
I'm fully aware that choosing a photographer isn't something most guys are stoked to do; I know I wasn't. However, I couldn't recommend CTW Photography highly enough. They were so accommodating, helpful, hilarious, fun, and natural to work with. They indulged my goofy idea to take "James Bond" photos, and made the whole day a blast. They're right there when you need them, but never distracting when you don't. Rock on, CTW Photography.
Since my wedding, I have been recommending CTW to all of my friends who might need a photographer. Not only did Carissa and Tanya take beautiful pictures that were fun and origina...
l and never seemed posed, but we could not have planned our wedding without them. They helped us figure out the timeline of the day in a way that worked well for us as well of our guests, and eliminated SO much of the stress involved with wedding planning. On the day of the ceremony, Carissa and Tanya were there to answer any questions we may have still had, but never got in the way or made people feel like they were being watched. I actually had several people tell me that they hadn't even noticed we had photographers!
As far as the overall quality of the pictures, I cannot say enough good things. First of all, they were quick to deliver. They put up a blog post with highlights within a week or so of the wedding itself, and even had a couple ready for us to look at on the night of. A few weeks later, they sent a link with photo proofs, as well as a flash drive with all of our pictures on them. The pictures that you can order from them are extremely high-quality and well worth the money, although if you choose to do so you may print from the flash drive as well. For me, the hardest part of having CTW as our photographers was trying to decide which photos to print! They are all beautiful and my husband's and my friends and family still haven't stopped commenting on how much they love them. A friend of mine even booked them for her wedding right away when she saw these pictures!
In short, if you want photographers who are fun, professional, original, high-quality, and-- perhaps most notably of all-- an absolute STEAL price-wise for the quality, then you should ABSOLUTELY book CTW. Whenever I need a photographer down the road in life, they definitely have a customer in me!
We booked CTW Photography to do our engagement and wedding photos. From our first meeting to receiving our final photos, they have been wonderful. Their cheerful, bubbly personalit...
ies were contagious. These two ladies were very organized and worked great as a team. They made everyone feel comfortable, which made every photo look natural. Through their many talents, they were able to capture special memories that will last us a lifetime. We are VERY pleased with how the photos turned out. We highly recommend them and will definitely book them for future sessions.
We used CTW Photography for our daughter's wedding in July of 2014, and could not have been happier with not only the result, but also with the experience we had in working with th...
em. They were able to capture the essence of the day in a stunning manner, while being almost unnoticeable during the ceremony and and the other events of the day. I still find myself looking at the photos once or twice a week, and continue to marvel at the shots they were able to get! The comments we have received from our friends are equally positive, and several have mentioned that they would like to use them when their children get married. The two photographers were wonderful to have with us on the big day, and my wife and I would recommend them to anybody!
I was very happy with CTW's work at my wedding. They were always timely and very professional. I one to be a huge critic towards myself, but I fell short with their work. I was ver...
y pleased with the quality of their work along with how timely they were. The only thing I wish I would have done differently is give them more direction on what style of photos I wanted( not so classic wedding pictures) but more so fun/funky/pinterest-y.
We hired CTW Photography for our June wedding and I could not have been happier with that decision. Both women were great to work with, fun, energtic, professional, and to the poin...
t. They didn't interfer with the flow of the day and let events unfold as the day allowed for. They were extremely flexible (it POURED rain) and were willing to go the extra mile for some great shots. They stuck to their timeline for picture availablity following the event and the quality of the photos couldn't be better. They were so fun to have at the event, felt more like guests than my photographers! Absolutely a GREAT choice to go with these two women.
These ladies were amazing! They were flexible and listened to us about which types of photos we were most interested in. They were always there to capture the best moments, and the...
y captured our wedding day perfectly! They were professional and organized, but also fun and had unique photo ideas. They had so much energy and were great with the children in our wedding, we will absolutely be using them again!!
CTW Photography was creative, ambitious, fair priced and GREAT to work with! There was one point in the night when I told them my wife and I would meet them outside for a picture.....
.20 min went by getting bombarded by guests when we realized we forgot about the outside picture! We ran outside as fast as we could and they were out there set up waiting patiently with understanding smiles on their faces. They had a quick turn around to edit the pictures and offered sneak peeks! I highly recommend them for anyone who wants a stress free, fun loving, unforgettable night.
I cannot begin to say how much I appreciated having Tanya and Carissa handling the photography on our wedding day. Not only did they pay close attention to capturing all of the sho...
ts we requested (and many more creative ones we couldn’t have thought of ourselves!) but they also gave us a great sense of calm due to their high degree of professionalism throughout the entire day. In fact, after our wedding multiple guests commented on how great our photographers were and how they were very discrete while taking photos during the ceremony. We also found that having two photographers was extremely convenient for our day. For example, after the ceremony we took the wedding party to a restaurant before heading to the reception. Tanya and Carissa graciously coordinated between themselves to ensure that both the restaurant and the reception venue were covered and they captured great photos of both locations! We also appreciated that Tanya and Carissa took the time to make us feel confident while taking our photos by adjusting our poses/spacing to ensure that we were getting the best photo each time. This was especially appreciated during the large formal family portraits! As a bride I really enjoyed having two women taking our photos – having these ladies there really did make the photography process very fun and comfortable for everyone. We are so happy to have the photos from our wedding day and we look at them all the time. We couldn’t recommend CTW Photography more to anyone who is getting married! They absolutely went above and beyond for us and we couldn’t be happier.
My wedding was back in June 2013 and I must say the one thing that allows me to relive that day are the pictures that were taken. CTW Photography captured so many important and me...
morable moments that day.
I had so many pictures to choose from and with the ability to purchase rights to the pictures, I also own a CD with all of the pictures to do with whatever I choose :)
The day of the wedding Carissa and Tanya were there from the time I got my hair and makeup done through the first dance and toasts. Although they were there every step of the day, they were never distracting or taking away any attention. They were very professional and organized- which is VERY important on your wedding day!
I would highly recommend CTW Photography. I can't imagine my pictures turning out any better than they did and I loved working wtih Carissa and Tanya. It was so nice to have two photographers on that very special day.
P.S. My sister is getting married next year and has also booked them :)
Carissa and Tanya were amazing! I loved having two photographers to capture every second of my special day and having it seen at two different angles. They made sure that we had ev...
ery shot that we wanted, plus even more! We had some very unique shots and less of the traditional wedding shots which turned out beautiful. They took care of everything and made my stress less as a bride. Definitely recommend them to any bride to be!
CTW Photography was awesome. Carissa is creative and patient. She worked well with young children who weren't interested in "posing" in the traditional formal portraits.
The eng...
agement pictures included the unique and fun and captured the bride and groom's happy moment. The wedding pictures were beautiful. It was so hard to pick favorites-they all were.
CTW did a great job on my daughter's wedding photos! They took photos of the girls getting hair done capturing great expressions and detail--hardly knew they were there. The outs...
ide photos were exceptional! They managed to find several unique backgrounds that totally complemented each pose. The "traditional" church photos were great as well. They were very patient and clever with the"3 little people", ranging in age from 2-5 in the wedding party. We even got done with inside photos early and at their encouragement, went back outside--and so glad we did! Some of those photos are the favorites! They took photos during the ceremony-catching emotional reactions, loving glances, and even a few chuckles--again, not even aware they were there. When we share the wedding photos with friends and family, the comment that is echoed over and over is "how are you ever going to choose?". I could go on and on. We were totally pleased with their services and would not hesitate to use them again or refer them to family and friends. MOB.
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